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Talker's MagazineThe quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).

The AdvocateNo, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.

Media MattersDocumentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.

Orcinushome of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups

Hominid Views"People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.

Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.

Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."

The Moderate VoiceThe voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.

News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.

HistoryLinkFun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.

right-wing blogs we like

The Reagan WingHearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.

September 19, 2010

On the positive side: ken schram has the first new liberal talk show in seattle since 2008

KOMO's shake-up last week reduced live & local programming in Seattle talk radio, but a silver liniment might be: Ken Schram got his own show (KOMO m-f, 12-3p) and conservative talker John Carlson lost half a show.

Schram isn't as progressive as fogeyist right-wing listeners accuse him of being, but he was too liberal for KVI: they had to take The Commentators back to KOMO because conservative talk listeners can stand nothing but what-they-want-to-hear-radio.

Dirty Dog Democrats like ourselves grumped that the abrasive Schram wasn't liberal enough to be a foil to such as John Carlson. The 'Tators, by our lights, ended up agreeing too much. The hale-fellow-well-met collegial yak-yak was a little too smarmy for us. We tuned out early on... as did, apparently herds of others.

But we gotta say, though Schram is more libertarian/contrarian than anything else, he is damn progressive. He's for marriage equality, Barack Obama, state income tax, women's choice, and can be counted upon as a strong voice on many other progressive issues. He has taken on the Christian right, and Tim Eyman.

But for Dave Ross in an entirely different tone, you don't see much of that on the lazy, mainstream Seattle talk radio.

We'll take what we can get. And we'll be giving Schram a listen. Dori Monson (KIROFM m-f, 12-3) is down, sucking, and vulnerable- they're needing to add a girlchik to widen his appeal.

I can also tell that Ross plays devil's advocate sometimes, but he's smart enough to do a very good job of it. When Ron and Don do it, it's like listening to third graders try to remember their lines in a school play.

Ken Schram not a liberal? That's a joke. He's as bad as the communist terrorist in the White House. Neither one of them will keep their jobs much longer. There is an uprising in America. Watch for it in November. Laugh if you want at SENATOR Christine McDonnel, and SENATOR Sharon Angle, but they will be confirming the next Supreme. Maybe an impeachment or two would be in order.

Actually it's "Christine O'Donnell", but yes... A big wave of TEA is on it's way.
(Taxed Enough Already)
I really like Ken Schram.
He's great with Carlson and even better with Bryan Suits, but the times I've heard him on his own, it's just not enough to keep me listening for long.
I will give him a good try on my radio though, see what his new show is like.
I'm sort of looking for alternatives to Dori quite often these days.
Ever since he was a speaker at a rally in Olympia championing the cause of personal freedom and responsibility...
He was a supporter of the smoking ban for God's sake.
The hypocrisy is hard to take when he's so high minded on the over reaching role of government these days.
Dave Ross does play devil's advocate far too often and is really annoying when he does it since his arguments are pathetic.
Obviously it's just to provide that point of view for the sake of argument, but I sure liked it better when the Commentators did it.
I'll miss them, but again... I will definitely give a listen to Schram's new show on his own.
I like both Ken Schram and Dave Ross even when I don't agree with them.

is this guy out of his mind not5 only will patty mury loos as she has the same ole crap that there is not a tax she dont like and the demacrats say the wa voters are going to vote demacrat he must be on drugs we do not trust murry and and demacrats and to call the tea party wing nutts ow he is a real class act so beleave me the only way out of this mess is to get the demacrats out of office starting with harry read i have in the past voted demacrat however that will never happen again they have shown me that the only thing they care about is taxing us to death tax tax tax and no realeafe in bed with unions at the cost of our kids and if the dems are so good why are most of them running away from obama dont want to be seen with him because he will cost them there jobs

Speaking of the nutty right...John McCain declared at a debate that when the military brass said that Dont Ask Dont Tell should be repealed, he would support that.

The military HAS come out in favor of overturning DADT...and John McCain said today he will LEAD the fillibuster to prevent passing the entire military appropriations budget, which includes the repeal of DADT.

Your use of the word "repeal" in regards to the military's words is the only thing wrong with your statement, sparky.

In Newsweek,"McCain has said in the past that he would support a repeal if military leaders first endorsed the change, and in February Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told senators they supported President Obama’s pledge to seek a congressional repeal of the 1993 policy."

Salish, you're ignoring McCain's lie and his subsequent announcement to lead the filibuster.

Adm. Mullen is not "Military Brass". He is just the man in charge these next few years. The Military as a whole does not supprt the repeal of DADT and if it is repealed, the Draft will be right behind it. So if a Draft is what you want, then repeal DADT. As usual, McCain is standing up for what is right for this country. Not something that will pull it apart at its seams.

So, did Schram get canned because he called Carlson an "asshole" live on radio? I heard it with my own ears. I used to admire Schram, now I think he's just a crusty old batherer who eally has nothing relavent to say. Pity.

I can't believe that the department of transportation is now allowing those of us who did not create the traffic problems (0 -2 children) to PAY to ride in the lane of those that did create the problem. Anyone with more than two children should PAY for the HOV lanes since they are the ones putting more cars on the road. What are they thinking?

KVI am 570 KHz Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits.
Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.

KTTH am 770 KHzRight wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.